What was the biggest stylistic adjustment in moving to American hardcore jazz from a Brazilian background?
DDF: Well, the musicians love when we play samba with that jazz feeling. They want to play that. So we developed something very natural. So you had something you could give them. DDF: And they had something that I was looking for. You give something to them, they give you back their own way to see. What I love is the combination of the two cultures, the two ways to see the music. Jazz is so good. Jazz is like a big father that opened its arms for music from all over the world, and gets the influences from different cultures and develops itself. Let me ask Anat something. On your new record, Notes From The Village, you play with Jason Lindner, Omer Avital, and Daniel Freedman, all close associates since you got to New York. The collective idea you spoke of seems to exist with them, and not just with this group, but also your label, Anzic. Can you speak to how those links began? Was it initially through Omer Avital, who attended the same high school as you? AC: Yes, we did go to the same
